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Enlightenment and American Revolution

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
2.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women should be equal
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
3.
Enlightenment philosopher who edited the Encyclopedia to help educate the public.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
4.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
5.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
6.
How did Hobbes view human nature?
a)
We are inquisitive and industrious.
b)
We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.
c)
We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.
d)
We are born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..
7.
According to John Locke, why are governments created?
a)
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
b)
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
c)
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
d)
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
8.
Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?
a)
Montesquire
b)
Locke
c)
Voltaire
d)
Rousseau
9.

The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called _______________.

a)

a natural law

b)

checks and balances

c)

a social contract

d)

laissez-faire

10.
Wrote the book, Leviathan, during the English Civil War
a)
Hobbes
b)
Rousseau
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Locke
11.
“People are sovereign and have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property”

The author of the quote above is
a)
Locke
b)
Hobbes
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Voltaire
12.
Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?
a)
To help pay the French and Indian War debt
b)
To build a new home for the monarch
c)
To paint a new Proclamation Line through the mountains
d)
To buy a surplus of rice and indigo
13.

A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Document Tax

14.
The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher
a)
Rousseau
b)
Voltaire
c)
Locke
d)
Montesquieu
15.
What was a popular art style during the Enlightenment that was characterized by themes of love and pleasure alongside hazy, tranquil backgrounds?
a)
Rococo
b)
Cubism
c)
Baroque
d)
Impressionism
16.
__________ wrote that the best way to protect liberty was to divide government’s powers and functions. He also proposed separation of powers and checks and balances.
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Voltaire
d)
John Locke
17.
__________ is the "Father of Modern Economics".
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Baron de Montequieu
d)
Voltaire
18.
__________ used wit to expose abuses in government. He also defended freedom of speech.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Adam Smith
d)
John Locke
19.
Which statement best describes the concept of popular sovereignty?
a)
Government power should be divided between individual states and a federal government.
b)
All government power ultimately derives from the consent of the people being governed.
c)
The authority to rule comes directly from God.
d)
All people are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away.
20.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed natural laws governed economics.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
21.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed people give the government to ability to rule and in return the government should protect will of the people.  
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
22.

A Social Contract is:

a)

Government protect people, people follow (give power) to the government

b)

Government protects people and people don't complain.

c)

People cannot trust a government.

d)

People must trust the government and in return they cannot have a say in government.

23.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

24.

Where did the English surrender to the American colonists?

a)

Yorktown, Virginia

b)

Paris, France

c)

San Diego, Ca

d)

Prussia

25.

What is a federal republic?

a)

The use of tariffs to protect a country's home industries.

b)

A government divided between the national government and the states.

c)

A manipulation of a living organisms' chemical code.

d)

A centralized, authoritarian government that glorifies the state over the individual.

26.

Which is NOT one of the three branches of government in the United States?

a)

Monarch

b)

Judicial

c)

Executive

d)

Legislative

27.

Voltaire believed that by winning the freedom of speech, you win the other_________________.

a)

Encyclopedias

b)

Freedoms

c)

Laws

d)

Governments

28.

What did the Bill of Rights protect in the newly formed United States?

a)

Kings

b)

Land

c)

Basic rights

d)

Philosophers

29.

Which Enlightenment despot praised Voltaire?

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Frederick the Great

c)

Joseph II

d)

George III

30.

What was the basis of most people's lives BEFORE the Enlightenment?

a)

Obedience and belief

b)

Progress and reason

c)

Trust

d)

Fear

31.

How many English colonies were there in North America before revolution?

a)

28

b)

Four

c)

One

d)

13

32.

Where were informal social gatherings held where new literature, arts, and science were discussed?

a)

The park

b)

In public

c)

Salons

d)

Versailles

33.

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed the good of the community should be placed above individual interests?

a)

John Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Motesquieu

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

34.

Which Enlightenment despot exchanged letters with Voltaire and Denis Diderot?

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Joseph II

d)

George III

35.

A social contract is:

a)

People sacrifice some freedoms in exchange for an organized society.

b)

People have all the power.

c)

People cannot trust the government.

d)

Government protects people and they don't complain.

36.

How long did Denis Diderot work on his encyclopedia?

a)

26 years

b)

50 years

c)

3 months

d)

6 weeks

37.

Who was the king of England the American colonists revolted against?

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

George III

c)

Frederick the Great

d)

Joseph II

38.

What treaty was signed in 1783 ending the American Revolution?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Treaty of Maastricht

39.

The Sugar and Stamp acts were imposed by the British to help pay for which war?

a)

World War II

b)

English Civil War

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

Boston Massacre

40.

Natural law are rules discovered by:

a)

Chance

b)

Experiments

c)

Reason

d)

Nature

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